Structure in 6D and 4D N = 1 supergravity theories from F-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Grimma, Thomas W ^a   Taylorb, Washington ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; F Theory; String duality; Supergravity models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868283717     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2012)105     Document Type: Article

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